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☆ Southern Africa’s drought and floods could push tens of millions into hunger
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Sarah Dean | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The country’s top priority “is securing food for all Zimbabweans,” the president told journalists at the state house in Harare. Kb Mpofu/ReutersIn Zambia, Malawi and Central Mozambique, extreme drought has damaged more than 2 million hectares of crops, Oxfam said. Zambia declared its drought a disaster on February 29. In Mozambique — a country accounting for only 0.2% of global emissions — 3 million people face hunger, according to Oxfam. The country’s capital, Maputo, experienced devastating floods in March, after Tropical Storm Filipo hit followed a few weeks later by further intense rainfall.

Persons: South Africa CNN —, Emmerson Mnangagwa, El Niño, Zimbabwe —, Filipo, ” Teresa Anderson, Machinda Marongwe, ” Marongwe Organizations: South Africa CNN, Oxfam, Reuters, Democratic, United Nations Office, Humanitarian Affairs, United States Agency, International, Systems Network Locations: Johannesburg, South Africa, Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Harare, “, Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Namibia, Pumula East, Bulawayo, Central Mozambique, ” Southern Africa, Maputo

☆ He wanted to be a trombone player. Instead, he ended up as CEO of one of the world's biggest airlines.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( Chris Johnston | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

He's been CEO of European airline easyJet for the past six years. AdvertisementIn a parallel universe, Johan Lundgren would have become a professional musician and never ended up as CEO of one of the world's biggest airlines. "I like people, and I like travel," Lundgren tells Business Insider in a faint Swedish accent during an interview in central London. He spent many years at TUI, one of Europe's biggest travel companies, rising to deputy CEO by the time he left in 2015. AdvertisementIt's the UK's biggest airline and is first or second in many other markets too.

Persons: Johan Lundgren, He's, Lundgren, —, Swede, easyJet, Charles de Gaulle, Charles de, It's, I've, didn't, Bob Jordan, EasyJet, Stelios Stelios Haji, he's, that's, Michael O'Leary, Filipo Monteforte, Ryanair's Michael O'Leary, O'Leary Organizations: easyJet, Service, Royal College of Music, Soviet Union, SAS, Southwest Airlines, Ryanair, British Airways, London Gatwick, Southwest, UK's, Airbus, Getty Locations: Britain, London, Stockholm, Leningrad, Russia, Soviet Union, Soviet, TUI, Majorca, Europe, Charles, Paris, Charles de Gaulle, easyJet, Ukraine, Sweden, Canada, Toronto, AFP

☆ Lacrimi de bucurie. Un fotbalist a plâns mult, când echipa sa s-a calificat pentru Euro 2020
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-06 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Fotbaliștii reprezentativei Macedoniei de Nord, care se pregătesc de Euro 2020, trăiesc un vis frumos. Selecționata acestei țări va evolua în premieră la un turneu major.Calificarea a fost obținută în barajul Ligii Națiunilor, unde Macedonia de Nord a învins Georgia în meciul decisiv cu 1-0. Trebuie să faci ca visul familiei tale, dar și a întregii țări să devină realitate și să te califici la Euro. Nu te mai întoarce acasă la Genoa, dacă nu reușești”, a spus Pandev.„Am pășit pe gazon să jucăm pentru el și pentru țara noastră. Totuși, veteranul Macedoniei de Nord spune că nimic nu se compară cu emoțiile trăite în seara calificării la Euro 2020.„Am plâns mult.

Persons: Goran Pandev, Ana, Goran, Pandev, Totuși Organizations: Euro, Ligii Națiunilor, Genoa, Internazionale Locations: Macedoniei de Nord, Macedonia de Nord, Georgia, Sofia, Genoa, Tbilisi, Internazionale Milano, Lazio, Napoli, Macedoniei, Nord, Țările de Jos, Austria

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